Hoksters Unite! Saturday, January 20th, 10 AM to 3 PM – Sitzmark Ski Area in the heart of the Okanogan Highlands. Gather your 3 pin boots out of the closet, collect your friends, and ❄️Bring Your Hoks ❄️ Once again we are inviting all Hok and Kōm skiers to Sitzmark of our 3rd annual […]

We have 3 events of note in January, starting with a demo day at 49* North Nordic Center Next up is the Ferry County Rail Trail ski day at the Kiwanis trail head on the north end of Curlew Lake. and finally , our 2nd Altai Skis Sitzmark Ski Day at Sitzmark […]

At long last we have all three sizes of the Kōms in stock! We have a limited quantity in stock now and more on order. These skis are made in Canada (Quebec) and have been well received in the limited sizing we have had. You can find them here – Canada, US Here are some details […]

Last fall (2015) we began looking at some updates for the Hok skis. They have remained unchanged since their introduction in 2011. Our initial change was in the skin design, the business part of the base and what really defines the Hoks as a new and different way to ski. The skin material – the […]

Many of you 3pin users may have wondered what those 3 sets of holes were in the base of the heel pieces. Well, our new climbing wire is done and just happens to fit in those holes…..We finished the wire design late last season and did our initial testing in the spring and early […]

When Francois and I created Altai Skis, our main goal was to make accessible and affordable skis that worked well in the winter backcountry areas that lie close to where many of us live. We call this backyard backcountry. Maybe its not as glamorous as the terrain and skiing found in the ski movies of the […]

I have become so enamored of skishoeing with the Hoks and a single pole that we will sell them this year on the website. A few of us have been out scouting and cutting this summer already (see pics) and are getting quite the stockpile. Lodgepole pine is the wood of choice, very strong and […]

Altai Skis was conceived by Nils Larsen and Francois Sylvain in 2009. We both have had extensive ski industry experience and had worked together designing nordic and backcountry skis for over ten years. We felt there was a great potential for skis designed for what we like to call ‘pocket backcountry’, the skiing many […]

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As of fall 2014 we have upgraded our site to serve customers in both Canada and the US. First, our site is now multilingual (French and English)! The other big change (aside from the new look) is that we now accept payment in US and Canadian dollars. When entering the Product Page you need to choose between the US store or the Canadian store. We found this was the cleanest way to separate the two shopping carts as the products all have their own buy buttons as well as sizing and other options, both of which may vary between the US and Canada. Read more...